Portmoneum, Museum building in Záhradí, Czech Republic.

The Portmoneum is a two-story house where almost every room features hand-painted wall decorations and artistic details covering the interior surfaces. The spaces showcase a range of artistic styles and designs that transform the building into a living artwork.

In 1920, customs officer and art collector Josef Portman invited Josef Váchal to paint two rooms of his house; Váchal worked until 1924, covering walls, ceiling and furniture. After decades of decay and a 1970s fire, publisher Ladislav Horáček bought the house in 1990 and had the paintings transferred and the building restored. It opened as the Josef Váchal Museum on 23 June 1993.

Váchal named the house Portmoneum in his novel Krvavý román, likening it to Prague's Rudolfinum as the seat of Count Portmon. The interior is a horror vacui of demons, animals, planets, robbers, saints and the artist himself as a rat-catcher, painted on walls, ceiling, table, chairs and bed.

The museum operates on a seasonal schedule with varying hours depending on the time of year and day of the week. Check ahead before visiting to confirm opening times, as access changes throughout the year.

Before the entrance stands Okouník (Karmazín), a wooden sculpture by Vanesa Trostová: a fish with bulging, piercing eyes that nods to Váchal's expressive work. Váchal also painted the furniture — table, chairs and bed — so the decoration forms one whole.